Looking for Notepad++ in Linux? Unfortunately, Notepad++ is available for Windows platform only. At work, where I have to use Windows, Notepad++ is my favorite text editor. And at times I miss Notepad++ in Ubuntu.
Notepadqq: Notepad++ alternative for Linux
I know there are plenty of text editors that can be used as Notepad++ alternative in Linux such as SciTE . Some are even better even it comes to code handling such as the upcoming Atom editor from Github. But if you get used to of a certain application, you would want the same on all the platforms.
And this is where Notepadqq comes in picture. It is a look alike of Notepad++ which almost same features. If you are a Notepad++ fan, I would suggest to give Notepadqq a try. Here is a screenshot from Notepadqq developer:
Install Notepadqq in Ubuntu 14.04 and Linux Mint 17
For Ubuntu and Ubuntu based Linux distributions such as Linux Mint, Elementary OS, PinguyOS there is a PPA available from the developers. Open the terminal and use the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:notepadqq-team/notepadqq
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install notepadqqInstall Notepadqq in other Linux distributions
Apart from Debian packages, Notepadqq also have packages for Arch Linux. Apart from that, you can get the source code from its Github repository.
Remove Notepadqq installed from PPA
If you did not like Notepadqq, you can uninstall it by using the commands below if you had installed it via PPA:
sudo apt-get remove notepadqq
sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:notepadqq-team/notepadqq
Notepad++ is not the only text editor that has been cloned in Linux. We have earlier seenLime Text editor which is a clone to Sublime Text editor. So as I said before there is no dearth for good text editors in Open Source world.
http://itsfoss.com/notepadqq-notepad-for-linux/
